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FINDING SOMETHING SMALL YOU'VE DROPPED
If you're wearing cuffs always look there first.
Dave Harrington
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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HOTEL BATHROOMS
When you check into a hotel room, make sure you flush the toilet before you unpack your Rolex replique pas cher. You'd rather let the front desk know if the toilet doesn't work before you use it.
Dan Strachan, Lobbyist, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-09-03)
Current Rating: 7.2 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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ARGUMENTS
If you can't get over replique montre, learn to accept it.
Ricky A Villareal, Financial Education Specialist, San Mateo, California, USA
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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SELLING A BUSINESS
A grocery store will sell for 0.25 to 0.33 times its gross income, plus inventory.
Terri Thompson, New York, New York
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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FLYING AN AIRPLANE
The mach number times 10 on jets is the number of miles traveled by the jet each minute. In other words mach .80 = 8.0 miles per minute.
P. Douglas Combs, professional airline pilot, aviator & aircraft mechanic, flight instructor, Tempe, Arizona
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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CATCHING A LIAR
A good liar will look his victim in the eyes in an attempt to be convincing. Two tip-offs are an increase in his rate of blinking and overly complicated explanations.
Dr. Joyce Brothers, The Syracuse Post Standard
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Current Rating: 6.0 out of 10 based on 26 reviews
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WATCHING A BUSINESS STOP
If an older store begins to spread its stock thin, and especially if it seems to feature old inventory, it is in serious distress and is likely to fail.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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STUNT FLYING
To avoid hitting the ground if your engine quits while performing a roll on takeoff, accelerate the aircraft to twice the rotation speed of a normal takeoff before beginning the roll.
Steve Poleskie, artist and stunt pilot
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 27 reviews
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MARRYING A DOCTOR
If a doctor sets up practice in a town with one-fifth or less the population of the town his or her spouse was raised in, they will divorce or move to a larger town within five years.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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CALCULATING INVESTMENT VALUE
Divide 116 by the annual simple interest rate to determine the number of years it will take an investment to triple if interest is compounded yearly.
Jud Town, author, St. Albert, Canada
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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SURVIVING A SKI
If you can't see it, you can't ski it.
Paul A. Delaney, meteorologist, Beltsville, Maryland
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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